So my hobbies have turned more towards things that allow me to sit on the couch these days... and I was starting to get bored with baby blankets (all my friends are having babies too). But when I was at the store buying more yarn the other day, I picked up a little book of animal patterns... this was so much fun to make!
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It's supposed to be an elephant... but as husband says, it's a pig with big ears who told too many lies. |
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I gave him a silly face :) |
It was really easy to make all the pieces... not so easy to put them all together. He's a little lopsided, because I ad-libbed (as usual) when I didn't have the right hook size for the pattern, and then ran out of one of the yarns. Also, turns out I can't count and follow a pattern very reliably, so he's a little fatter than intended, and so are his legs. And I purposely made his ears bigger, because he looked like a mouse with the recommended size! All in all, he's got a lot wrong with him, haha, but it just adds to his character. He's a great little elephant, I can't wait to give him to a deserving little kid! And I can't wait to experiment with some more crocheted stuffed animals :)
In case you're interested, the pattern that I botched up came from
this book. Other amazon users have uploaded photos of their elephants... look much more like elephants than mine, haha. But it's my first time!
OMG it's adorable :)
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